• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.81-90
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• 2004

The state assignment for a finite state machine greatly affects the delay, area, power dissipation, and testabilities of the sequential circuits. In order to improve the testabilities and power consumption, a new state assignment technique . based on m-block partition is introduced in this paper. By the m-block partition algorithm, the dependencies among groups of state variables are minimized and switching activity is further reduced by assigning the codes of the states in the same group considering the state transition probability among the states. In the sequel the length and number of feedback cycles are reduced with minimal switching activity on state variables. It is inherently contradictory problem to optimize the testability and power consumption simultaneously, however our new state assignment technique is able to achieve high fault coverage with less number of scan nfp flops by reducing the number of feedback cycles while the power consumption is kept low upon the low switching activities among state variables. Experiment shows drastic improvement in testabilities and power dissipation for benchmark circuits.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.41 no.10
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• pp.9-16
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• 2004

The state assignment for a finite state machine greatly affects the delay, area, power dissipation, and testabilities of the sequential circuits. In order to improve the testabilities and power consumption, a new state assignment technique based on m-block partition is introduced in this paper. The algorithm minimizes the dependencies between groups of state variables are minimized and reduces switching activity by grouping the states depending on the state transition probability. In the sequel the length and number of feedback cycles are reduced with minimal switching activity on the state variables. Experiment shows significant improvement in testabilities and Power dissipation for benchmark circuits.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.392-395
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• 1999

The state assignment for a finite state machine greatly affects the delay, area, and testabilities of the sequential circuits. In order to minimize the dependencies among state variables, therefore possibly to reduce the length and number of feedback cycles, a new state assignment technique based on m-block partition is introduced in this paper. After the completion of state assignment and logic synthesis, partial scan design is performed to choose minimal number of scan flip-flops. Experiment shows drastic improvement in testabilities while preserving low area and delay overhead.

• Macromolecular Research
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.623-632
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• 2007

Thermosensitive nanoparticles were prepared via the self-assembly of two different $poly({\varepsilon}-caprolactone)$-based block copolymers of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-b-$poly({\varepsilon}-caprolactone)$ (PNPCL) and poly(ethylene glycol)-b-$poly({\varepsilon}-caprolactone)$ (PEGCL). The self-aggregation and thermosensitive behaviors of the mixed nanoparticles were investigated using $^1H-NMR$, turbidimetry, differential scanning microcalorimetry (micro-DSC), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and fluorescence spectroscopy. The copolymer mixtures (mixed nanoparticles, M1-M5, with different PNPCL content) formed nano-sized self-aggregates in an aqueous environment via the intra- and/or intermolecular association of hydrophobic PCL chains. The microscopic investigation of the mixed nanoparticles showed that the critical aggregation concentration (cac), the partition equilibrium constants $(K_v)$ of pyrene, and the aggregation number of PCL chains per one hydrophobic microdomain varied in accordance with the compositions of the mixed nanoparticles. Furthermore, the PNPCL harboring mixed nanoparticles evidenced phase transition behavior, originated by coil to the globule transition of PNiPAAm block upon heating, thereby resulting in the turbidity change, endothermic heat exchange, and particle size reduction upon heating. The drug release tests showed that the formation of the thermosensitive hydrogel layer enhanced the sustained drug release patterns by functioning as an additional diffusion barrier.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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• v.30A no.3
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• pp.67-75
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• 1993

In many practical applications of systolic array, it is common that the problem size(n) is larger than the array size(M). In this case, the problem has to be partitioned into block to fit into the array before it is processed. This paper presents a problem partition method for dynamic programming and 2-dimensional systolic array suitable for it. Designed array has two types of array configur-ation for processing the partitioned problem. The queue is designed for storing and recirculating the intermediate results in the correct location and time. The number of processing elements and queues required are M(3M+1)/2, 4M respectively. The total processing time is 2(M+1)+(n+10M+3)(n/M-1)(n/M-1)/6.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.37 no.11
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• pp.67-73
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• 2000

The state assignment for a finite state machine greatly affects the delay, area, and testabilities of the sequential circuits. In order to minimize the dependencies among groups of state variables, therefore possibly to reduce the length and number of feedback cycles, a new state assignment technique based on m-block partition is introduced in this paper. After the completion of proposed state assignment and logic synthesis, partial scan design is performed to choose minimal number of scan flip-flops. Experiment shows drastic improvement in testabilities while preserving low area and delay overhead.